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OpenPKG Alert: OpenPKG Security Advisory (squid)

According to a security advisory [0] from the vendor, a vulnerability exists in the URL unescaping logic of the Squid Web Proxy Cache [1]. This bug could allow an attacker to bypass certain access controls by inserting a NUL character into decoded URLs. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project assigned the id CAN-2004-0189 [2] to the problem.

Description:
According to a security advisory [0] from the vendor, a vulnerability
exists in the URL unescaping logic of the Squid Web Proxy Cache
[1]. This bug could allow an attacker to bypass certain access
controls by inserting a NUL character into decoded URLs. The
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project assigned the id
CAN-2004-0189 [2] to the problem.

Please check whether you are affected by running "/bin/rpm
-q squid". If you have the "squid" package installed and its version
is affected (see above), we recommend that you immediately upgrade
it (see Solution). [3][4]

Solution:
Select the updated source RPM appropriate for your OpenPKG release
[5][6], fetch it from the OpenPKG FTP service [7][8] or a mirror
location, verify its integrity [9], build a corresponding binary RPM
from it [3] and update your OpenPKG installation by applying the
binary RPM [4]. For the most recent release OpenPKG 2.0, perform the
following operations to permanently fix the security problem (for
other releases adjust accordingly).

For security reasons, this advisory was digitally signed with the
OpenPGP public key "OpenPKG " (ID 63C4CB9F) of the
OpenPKG project which you can retrieve from http://pgp.openpkg.org and
hkp://pgp.openpkg.org. Follow the instructions on http://pgp.openpkg.org/
for details on how to verify the integrity of this advisory.
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